Aug 1885

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AUGUST, 1885 .

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COMMEMORATION DAY. HE usual service was held in the chapel, which was tastefully decorated with flowers and plants, on St . Peter's Day, June 29th.

The lessons were read by P . E . Lord and H . W. Rhodes . The anthem was " Sing, 0 heaven " (Sullivan), and, as usual, the hymn " Hark the Sound of Holy Voices " preceded the sermon . The sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Adams, Principal-elect of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada, who took as his text—" Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands "—St . John xiii . 9 . He said : " The evangelist tells us that Jesus, having loved His own, loved them to the end, and in the scene from the account of which the text is taken He shews them His love as well as His condescension by an act of personal service . The event to which the text relates was the washing of the disciples ' feet ; it was customary to wash off the dust from the feet of the way-faring guest ; this was generally done by a domestic slave, and on this occasion our Lord took off His own outer garment and was habited in the usual garb of a slave . This is the meaning of the 4th and 5th verses, when we read ` He girded himself, having put off His garment, and took a basin and a towel . ' We note, in passing, our Lord ' s love, our Lord's desire to serve His disciples, to refresh them after their wanderings on the dusty roads of Jerusalem—a proof of our Lord's care for the bodies as well as for the souls of men . Our Lord cares for our bodies—hence we should care for the bodies of men, and should therefore reverence our own

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and keep them pure . Our Lord shews not only His love—wherein He illustrates the saying that ' sweet is service accepted, but sweeter is services rendered, ' or His own saying, quoted in the Acts, but otherwise unrecorded, ` it is more blessed to give than to receive '—He also shews His condescension, or, to put it another way, He shows that condescension is the true law of greatness . We should not like to think that our Lord was what is commonly called condescending—the word has got a flavour of had meaning—as of one who feels himself superior to another, and yet somewhat consciously and markedly comes down to the level of that other ; our Lord does come down to the level of sinners, but he does so to shew that His glory is to be the Saviour of sinners ; He " condescends to us of low estate, but in order to shew that such condescension as His is the highest glory : that it is not to sit on a throne and receive homage, that is kingly, but to serve His subjects and live for them and die for them, that is the true mark of a King of men . Have we learnt that lesson yet, or do we still think that to receive homage is better than to render service ? One who was made in the likeness of men, and took upon Himself the form of a servant, as here, has left us a different ideal . Let each one of us ask, in our own heart, this day—am I living to render service ? Service to God, both directly in worship—that is comparatively easy—and service to God through service rendered to His children, both those who are near and those who are afar off. Jesus Christ thought no scorn of this menial office . Many a man would see that his guests were properly attended to by the servants, but not many willing to render personal service. We should be willing to make our lives a divine service, and should especially honour all who do actually come in contact with the bodies of the sick and render their services in Christ ' s name.

Let us then, in passing, be thankful for the love and the condescension of our Lord, and learn to imitate His example . Let us strive to imitate our Lord's spirit whatever outward form our devotion may take . Now as regards the bearing of the incident on the Apostle Peter and his utterance, which is my main subjects—though what I have already said I regard as essential to the understanding of the whole scene.

It was probably not at the end of supper as the authorised version has it, and I scarcely think it was during supper as the revised version gives it, but rather when supper was served, i.e., at the beginning of supper . Especially is this likely when we read in the rst verse `before the feast of the Passover,' this verse being introductory to the

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chapter ; also, it seems more natural that the removal of the dust of the way should take place before the actual supper was begun ; also, the roast part of the supper, the Paschal lamb, was not served at first, so that the supper might be served, so far as its first course was concerned, and yet there might be time for the washing to take place without really keeping the supper waiting . Now, Simon Peter exclaimed, ' Lord, dost Thou wash my feet,' and was answered by the gentle reply of our Lord, which shews such sympathy with his impetuous generosity, while reproving his obstinacy, `what I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter '—type of all the mysterious dealings with us of God's providence . How many a mourner has been comforted by these words when earthly darkness fell on his path, and the world was no longer the bright place it had been ! Simon Peter did not grasp that meaning then . He cried out, ' Lord, Thou shalt never wash my feet . ' His was the mistaken reverence which thinks that services rendered lowers dignity, and reminds us somewhat of that great rebuke he had formerly brought upon himself when, in reply to the foretelling of our Lord's passion by Himself, he had said `that be far from Thee, Lord .' He could not allow the Lord he loved to suffer for him, to become his servant. Beware how you dissuade willing hearts from sacrifice ; mistakes may be made from misplaced devotion, but greater mistakes have been made through dried-up, thwarted, and discouraged devotion . Let us encourage sacrifice in ourselves as well as in others ; however weak we may be there is One who would help us to go on when we have resolved to make the sacrifice . Where would the Christian Church be now if Peter' s advice had prevailed? Where would it be if that too frequent ideal amongst Christians should prevail—of seeking our own salvation and our own comfort and leaving great sacrifices to the confessors and martyrs of old? No ! beware of the great reproof . It is a remarkable fact that the great reproof, `Get thee behind Me, Satan,' comes close after the great confession ' Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God .' I learn from that that our creed may be exact or perfect, and yet if we do not build upon it the ideal of sacrifice, if we do not add to belief about Jesus Christ imitation of Jesus Christ, we are little better than enemies of Christ . Let us not, like Peter of verse 8, refuse the washing wherewith Christ can wash us . Let us, like the convinced and enlightened Peter of verse 9, ask our Lord to wash, not our feet only, but also our hands and our head . The history is so full of suggestion

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that if we were to expound the whole we should get beyond the usual limits of a discourse . What, then, is the special force of the text?

We have learnt that a Saviour saves by sacrifice of Himself—that He s 2rves us and cares for us—how he can wash us . We may find here, I think, two lessons, the lesson of cleansing and repenting, and, secondly, the lesson of fellow service and mutual help . He that is washed, or rather bathed, needs not save to wash his feet . The Christian should be bathed in the Spirit of Christ . The precious blood of Christ has been shed for us all ; a fountain has been opened into which the guilty may plunge and be clean ; call that the language of metaphor if you will ; it covers and expresses better than any other phrase, a grand truth ; the truth of the pardon of sin through the infinite sacrifice of Christ, who gave Himself utterly, without reservation, that He might atone for our sins, that His obedience might remove the effect of our disobedience, that as he identified Himself with us in life and death we might identify ourselves with Him, and thus His obedience might become ours by faith, and we, through Him, might be reconciled to God against whom we know we have been fighting.

Peter may not have seen all this at the time, but he was sure that if those who were not washed by our Lord had no part in Him, he would like to be washed, not as regards his feet alone, but also as regards his hands and his heart . Without being too fanciful, may not we make an application that will be of service to us . Our Lord says that he that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet . I take this to mean he who is one with Christian spirit, by faith and by having trusted in Him, by having, in a word, been converted from the ways of sin, or having consecrated himself to the service of God, may be looked upon as one who is bathed ; but the world is an engrossing and not unfrequently a defiling and soiling place . A Christian may rise in the morning with his conscience clear and his heart full of consecrated love, his course marked out in the chart of life, his sails as it were fairly set and his lessons learnt from the true Pilot, but there may come a sudden storm of temptation, or some subtle leading in the direction of some old besetting sin, or some temptation to follow ease and comfort rather than devotion and love, or a hundred other things.

Each of us can fill in the details of the picture from our own daily experience . By eventide the course has often been put out . The temper has been disturbed ; that old image of forbidden food cherished; words unfit for one who lives with Christ have been uttered ; low

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ideals of life have been encouraged ; the feet of the Christian pilgrim are soiled . But the Spirit of God has not forsaken him.

That Divine Advocate strives with him still—for him and against his worse self . He returns to his Master with tears of penitence. `Wash my feet . Thou alone canst cleanse me from the dust of the world ; Thou alone canst give me daily pardon and daily strength .'

And so it will be . Happy shall we be if we do not allow our little failures, or even our great and disgraceful failures, to keep us away from Him . The greater our need, the greater His readiness . To whom is forgiven, it is still a privilege to love much, and if you say, " I have not bathed at all," I should urge you to seek Christ at once, and tell you once for all, that `He is able to save to the uttermost all who come to God by Him .' The daily washing then of those who are bathed may be taken to refer to the grace given to professed Christians—and the youngest of us may he a Christian—who are striving to make their profession a reality, and who find grace in daily prayer, daily acts of consecration, daily upward efforts of the will, frequent worship in Church, frequent communions wherein they may find Christ revealed in the breaking of bread, and in any other way seek that their daily conduct, their daily walk, may be cleansed by Jesus Christ . Do not doubt then that He who has died to save you will cleanse your feet ; His word shall be a lantern to your feet, and shall enable you to pick your way carefully and cleanly in the midst of a world which is as full of pitfalls and mire as were the streets of an eastern city . And if our souls are bathed in the great act of consecration—the giving of ourselves, of our hearts to Christ, and our feet being washed from time to time from the dust of worldliness and sinfulness with which they are soiled—we shall do well . We shall be walking in the path which leads to Heaven ; holiness and eternal life shall have begun in us, and we shall grow in grace, and all other things that we need or that are good for us shall be added unto us . But, to go back to St . Peter and the text . What shall we understand by the washing of the hands and the head? I think we shall do well to interpret it as asking Christ not only to wash and sanctify our general walk and conduct as Christians, but also to sanctify all our activities, both physical and mental . To reign not only the Lord of every spiritual motion, but also of every physical and mental motion . And we can apply this to ourselves in many ways . We must ask Him to come into and rule our hearts and guide our steps—our general course in life, as well as the daily moral

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acts of our life . But, we must go further, and make Him, and not the world, or society, or public opinion, the guide and the sanctifier of our daily acts of all kinds . Our school-life must be cleansed by the presence of Christ . We ought to think of Him at other times besides. at prayers and in chapel . The thought of His love should be added to the thought of home, and these two good thoughts should fill our school-lives and render all ugly moral deformities impossible . This thought should make it impossible for an English boy to tell a lie, to crib in an examination, to take an unfair advantage in a game or to . play it so as to minister to his own boastfulness, to speak an evil word, to speak of or to practise what is impure and degrading, to be cruel or slothful . The presence of the same thought will help us also who are masters to be patient, fair, painstaking, and to be enthusiastic in our work, and so to create enthusiasm in our pupils . Our hands ! Our recreations, are they healthy, and do they re-create us, or do we make a toil of pleasure, and call dissipation pleasure, dissipation of energy, of strength, of money, and of character? Our hands ! Our activities as citizens when we grow up. Why not in political matters seek for bonds of union as Englishmen ? Why not instead of Church conflicts seek for bonds of union as Christians ? This is better than spending our strength in trying to prove that we are right and every one else wrong.

Our hands ! The applications are endless . If Christ cleanses the activity of Christian nations, ambition, aggrandisement, and war, will soon be things of the past. If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives, the pleasure of one class of human beings would be no longer accompanied by the degradation of others . If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives as Englishmen, the waste and fever of gambling would come to an end . If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives, drunkeness would no longer be a national curse and disgrace . But we ask Christ to cleanse the head as well as the hands ; we ask Him to sanctify the intellect, to cleanse the thoughts of our heart . If this is an age full of great activities of hand, it is also an age full of great activities of head . The thoughts of men have been widened with the process of the laws, and we ask that Jesus Christ the Eternal Word of God, the creator and crown of human intellect may cleanse the intellect of our time . That He may by His divine Spirit so work upon the minds of men that they may fashion good thoughts, that writers may feel their responsibility and not scatter broadcast crude speculations and rebellious words, or still worse, suggestions of evi'

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passions, that all scientific investigations may be carried on with scrupulous regard to truth at whose feet in every region we should be willing to sit even when such new truth does not fit in with our preconceived scheme of things . Let us especially echo St . Peter ' s prayer for our daily lives . Our light may not be set on a lofty eminence like that of some . But since every one has a sphere of influence, however small, since every one ' s mind to him a kingdom is, who shall say that the kingdom of a human being 's mind is a small or insignificant thing ?

Since this is so, let us pray as did Peter, ' Lord, do not wash my feet alone but my hands and my head . ' `Seek first the Kingdom of God . ' Consecrate, dedicate yourselves as citizens of it and keep the path upward . Gain possession of that golden key of faith and love, that which opens for its possessor the palace of eternity . Seek a conscious communion with the living ascended Saviour, with Him who ever lives to make intercession for you . Come to Him often and He will every day direct you that your footsteps slip not, and He will tenderly remove from you the defilement with which you may be daily soiled . But do not forget that He will cleanse for you all the activities and pleasures of life, and that He will cleanse the mental activities of life . He will be your Teacher as well as your Saviour and your Guide . He will guide you into all truth, into all activity . He will make you able to fulfil to others some part of that which He has done for you, and so will teach you that second lesson of mutual help and fellow-service, but His power will be always leading you on and urging you to enter new fields by taking up enterprises for the promotion of His Kingdom and of His Church whether in your own home, or school, or town, or country, or the world . He will teach you too how to perform all these duties without any one of them clashing with any other . I do not think it out of place to say that I am thankful for the honour your Head Master, whom, I am glad and proud to say, was my Head Master for nine years, has done me in asking me to speak to you to-day . I have accepted a post in the Greater Britain beyond the Atlantic, where I hope to labour for the same Divine Master whose power I have spoken of. I remember once saying in this place that like John the Baptist all Ministers of the Word were our Lord' s pre-runners, and like Him when they have brought their pupils to Christ they have done their work . Let these last words of mine remind you that as this is our highest privilege to bring others to Christ, so it is your highest privilege to come to Him . I would ask you to

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come to Him now, to make Him your Master for life, to accept His gifts of grace, to enter into His Spirit of self-sacrifice, to live in Him and for Him, to say with your own St . Peter, ` Lord, wash not my feet only, but also my hands and my head .' I would ask you to follow those whose lives here were marked by simplicity, truthfulness, earnestness, and purity, some whom we can all remember, some now doing good work in the world, at the Universities, in the Church . A few whose `angel faces we have lost awhile' have already passed away into the higher Heaven . Court the best gifts and seek the higher ideals . Every Commemoration Day is an end and a beginning . Let it be an end of all that is poor and worldly, and a beginning of all that is noble and good . Say from your hearts, `O God, thou art my God,' ` I will raise my hands towards Thee, to call upon Thy name . ' Iie will teach you because He has loved you and loved you to the end ."

SCHOOL LETTER. Another school year has cone to an end, and, as we review it, we find in it no cause for regret . They say that all is well that ends well.

There can then be no question as to whether the past year has been well or not, seeing that it began well, and continued so to its very end.

In every branch of athletics it has been unusually successful . To begin with, it achieved eight victories in football, sustaining only two defeats.

On the river the school representative boat easily defeated the only stranger crew it rowed, and doubtless, had it been possible, would also have done honour to the school at some neigbouing regatta. In the cricket field, too, we have been eminently successful . Out of rs matches we have won 8, drawn 4, and lost 3.

The sports proved themselves a finale of the year consistent with the other athletic performances . Some of the events were very good.

J . E . Gofton, whom we remember as a junior last year, jumped i8 ft. o1 in., an improvement of 12 in . on the jump of last year . The long jump also " under 15 " was unusually good, Chadwick clearing 15 ft . 6 in . Noble, too, threw 92 yds . it in ., an increase of nearly 5 yds . upon his last yea r' s throw . Besides these successes in the open

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air, this year 's list of honours is more satisfactory than that of last year.

It may not be longer, but it contains 5 honours won at the Universities by present boys.

Among other school matches during the past term, the usual one was played between the first XI . with broomsticks, and the second XI. with bats . It was, however, owing to circumstances, never finished.

The first XI . batted first, and thanks to the hard hitting of Rhodes, who scored 36 not out, managed to score 76 . The second XI. followed, and made 36 for 4 wickets . Jackson played most carefully and neatly for his 16 not out.

Talking the other day with our worthy janitor, your correspondent was told that that gentleman completed this August his twentieth year of service at St . Peter's school . Mr . Parker, better known by the name James, has become a part of the school, and when it loses him, a loss which I hope is far distant, it will, I am sure, seem dismembered and incomplete.

L . W . Pickles, has been appointed editor of this magazine, in place of C . B . Clarke, who is leaving this term.

There will be a large efflux of boys this term . The sixth will especially feel this, as it will lose no less than 8 of its members . We wish them all every prosperity and success, and we shall, I expect, understand very well with regard to them what Horace meant when he wrote " Sublatam ex oculis quaerimus ."

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v. DURHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at York and contrary to expectation resulted in a victory for Durham School by an innings and four runs . The wicket, which was rather soft, suited their bowling exactly, which no doubt had a good deal to do with the result. Alderson and Headlam began the batting for Durham School, the former being taken behind the wicket at 13 ; Rhodes next got Jackson 1 b w, but Walker and Miller took the score to 48, when they were dismissed by good catches off McClellan's bowling . The last 5 wickets proved very troublesome, and they were not all out before 107 had been scored . St . Peter's began very badly,

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Lord and Wilson both being bowled for o's . The following batsmen had no better success, Botterill being the only one to get into double figures, and the ist innings closed for 42 . The 2nd innings began just as disastrously as the first, Lord and McClellan both being out for a's, and the wickets again falling very fast. When Dunkerly came in hopes were entertained of saving a single innings defeat, but he had no one to stay with him, and he carried out his bat for 16 . The innings closed for 6o.

DURHAM. F. Alderson, c Crawshaw, b Lord M. Headlam, b McClellan . .

G . Jackson, 1 b w, b Rhodes . . . .

G . H . Walker, c Holmes, b McClellan T . Miller, c Martin, b McClellan P . Stanton, c McClellan, b Rhodes A . Robertson, b Dunkerly ..

C . J . Sadler, c and b Rhodes . .

N. Wilkinson, b Rhodes . .

J . W. Nimmo, c Little, b Dunkcrly W . Fogg-Elliot, not out . . . .

Extras . .

7 IS o 14

9 5 25 II

o 12

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Total . .

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ST . PETERS. FIRST INNINGS.

P . E . Lord, b Robertson ..

W . G . Wilson, b Robertson J. L . Martin, c Wilkinson, b Miller W . Holmes, b Miller R . Crawshaw, b Robertson . . ..

H . W . Rhodes, c Jackson, b Robertson H . McClellan, not out ..

J . E . Noble, b Robertson II . Botterill, b Robertson ..

J . A . Dunkerly, b Alderson T . H . Little, b Robertson ..

Extras ..

SECOND INN I IR ;s.

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c Jackson, b Alderson b Alderson ..

1 b w, b Alderson c Headlam, b Miller 1 b w, b Alderson c Stanton, b Alderson c and b Alderson b Miller .. b Robertson not out .. b Alderson Extras

Total

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. . 6o

v . MR . J . WALKER'S XI. This match was played at Highthorne, and resulted in the defeat of the School by 56 runs . Breed and Procter opened the innings of Mr. Walker's XI . After the score reached 15 Procter was caught for lo, having previously given a chance when he had only scored 3.

Brooks took Procter ' s place and with Breed made a considerable stand,

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carrying the score from 15 to 47, when Breed was bowled ; Brooks soon followed and Guy was the only one to stay, carrying out his bat for a good 24 . The School began very badly the first three wickets falling for 12 runs . Procter and Crawshaw made a stand, but on Procter being bowled the wickets fell very fast, the whole side being disposed of for 42.

It is only fair to say that rain interfered very much with this match.

MR . J . WALDER'S XL G . Breed, b Rhodes J . Procter, c Wood, b Rhodes ..

R . Brooks, b Lord H . Ilields, b Lord J . Coates, b Lord ..

J . Varley, c Rhodes, b Lord C . Guy, not out . . ..

P . A . Gamble, c Holmes, b Rhodes J . Walker, c Rhodes, h Lord ..

R . Wood, b McClellan . . ..

H . Walker, c Crawshaw, b Lord Extras . .

Total

15 I0 26 3 0

24 2

3 6 I 6 98

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. J . L. Martin, b Hields . .

W. G . Wilson, b Coates E . Procter, b Ilields . .

W. Holmes, b Coates . .

R . Crawshaw, b Coates II . McClellan, b Coates II . W. Rhodes, b IIields P. E . Lord, st Brooks, b Ilields . .

J . A . Dunkerly, c II . 'Walker, b Melds J . E . Noble, 1 b w, b IIields ..

J . Scarborough, not out Extras . .

Total

0 2

7 4 I2 3 5 0 0

7 42

v . YORK. Breed and Nutter began the innings for York, and put on 25 runs before Nutter was bowled . Busby and Wood were soon got rid of, but on Hields coming in, he and Breed took the score from 25 to 71 when the former was caught after quickly hitting up 30 . Wardell followed Hields and soon got to work, hitting three 2 ' S and a three in one over; in the next over Lord got Breed out 1 b w, and the last five wickets

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only put on eleven runs, the innings closing for 95 . The School innings was chiefly notable for Lord's good score of 68 . McClellan was the only one besides Lord who got into double figures, and he played very steadily while Lord got the runs . The innings realised 123 for 8 wickets or 28 runs to the good.

YORK. G . Breed, 1 b w, b Lord . .

Nutter, U Lord . .

G. Busby, b Lord C . Wood, b Rhodes H. I-Iields, c Rhodes, b Dunkerly Wardell, c Procter, b Dunkerly J . Stainthorpe, c IIolmes, b Dunkerly G. Linfoot, c McClellan, b Lord ..

J . L. Spetch, not out .. . .

J . Cooper, c Rhodes, b Lord . .

W. Crossley, b Lord ..

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Total

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95

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, c Spetch, b Wardell W . G . Wilson, c Busby, b IIields E . Procter, b Hields . . ..

W . I-Iolmes, b IIields . .

R . Crawshaw, c and b Breed . .

H. W . Rhodes, U Breed H . McClellan, b Hields J . A . Dunkerly, c Stainthorpe, b Wardell ..

J . E . Noble, not out J . Scarbrough, not out W . Procter, to bat.

Extras . .

Total (for 8 wickets)

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. .123

v . EBOR ROVERS. This match was played on the School ground and resulted in a win for the School by 38 runs . The Rovers won the toss and elected to bat, sending in Procter and Dudley to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes . Lord bowled Procter for o, and Dudley was caught and bowled for the same score . Brooks was caught for 2 . Wisker and F. Dudley being the only two to make any resistance to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes, and the innings closed for the small total of 51.

Four wickets fell before the School reached the total of their opponents,

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Noble and Lord playing well for 13 and 20 respectively, but the last six wickets only put on 30 more, of which Rhodes contributed 12.

The following are the scores : EIiOR ROVERS. Procter, b Lord ..

T. Dudley, c and b Rhodes R . Brooks, c Little, b Lord J . Whisker, b Rhodes . . . .

F . Dudley, run out ..

J . Nutter, c I hmkerly, h Lord . .

J . Walker, b Rhodes J . T. Gray, c Bottcrill, b Lord . .

J . Stainthorpe, c Lord, b Rhodes W . F . Smith, not out . .

J . I-Tall, b Rhodes ..

Extras ..

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.. o . . o . . 2 . . 11 . . 17 o 6 .. 3 . . 3 . . 3 .. o . . 5

Total ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, b Dudley .. \V . G . Wilson, c and b \\isker J . E . Noble ..

11 . \V . Holmes, c Dudley, b V\ isker R . Crawshaw, c and b Procter . .

H . W Rhodes, b Procter H . McClellan . b \V'isker E . Procter, c Procter, b Wisher H . Botterill, b Procter . .

J . A . Dunkcrly . run out ..

T . II . Little, not out Extras Total

51

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3 5 7 . . 89

REMARKS ON THE CRICKET SEASON 1885.

The cricket season closed on July 11th with the victory over the Ebor Rovers . The School and the Eleven have no reason to be dissatisfied with the results, as out of 15 matches 8 have been won, 3 lost, and 4 drawn ; while 3 clubs, Hornsea and York Law (twice), failed to keep their engagements . Of the drawn games two were moral victories, one was left in a very even condition, while the fourth would have certainly ended in our defeat . The victories were gained over St . John ' s College, North Riding Asylum (2), Leeds Grammar School, Durham School, Old Boys, York, and Ebor Rovers ; those against the Schools being gained in a single innings . The defeats

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were from Rev. E . S . Carter' s team, Durham School and Mr . J . Walker's eleven, and the drawn matches were against Yorkshire Gentlemen (twice), York, and Mr . J . Walker's eleven.

Lord and Wilson, aided by Holmes, Crawshaw and Rhodes, have been the best run-getters during the season, while Rhodes and Lord have done most of the bowling, though Dunkerly and McClellan often got a wicket when required . The fielding throughout has been excellent, and it is comforting to think that no match has been lost through catches being missed as was the case last year.

The batting of the eleven has decidedly improved . This may be seen from a comparison of the averages with those of last year . Wilson has risen from 9 to 17, Holmes from 5 to 13, Crawshaw from 5 to 13, Noble from 7 to 9, and Potterill from 7 to 8 . The lowest average this year is 6 as compared with 2 and r of the previous years.

For bowling the School had to rely upon four members of the eleven, nor were they ever disappointed, for where one failed the others always did well . Lord ' s bowling showed a marvellous improvement.

This season he took 6r wickets at an average of 73 runs per wicket compared with 50 for 1 r runs each last year . This, taking into consideration the dry season, is a very good performance.

It may be interesting to know that altogether the School has scored 1811 runs to their opponents 1520 . The highest score made by the School was 232 (Yorkshire Gentlemen) and the lowest 42, while the highest score made against the School was 194 (Yorkshire Gentlemen) and the lowest 14 (Durham School).

It is to be hoped that although several prominent members of this year's eleven will have left before next year, they will have as successful a season . Judging from the success of this year's second eleven they ought to be very good, especially in bowling.

Remarks on the several members of the eleven are appended.

THE FIRST NI . CHARACTER. H . W . RHODES, Captain (111), uncertain in batting, hits well when set, should try to play more steadily at first, good and successful bowler, neat field . (Has left .)

R . CI:AWSHAw (13) should make a really good bat in time, as he has excellent style and good forward play, somewhat weak on the leg side ; has taken post of back stop, standing close in, with success .

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(2o1), a stylish bat, hitting well all round, has once or twice lost his wicket in trying to bring off a favourite stroke to short leg ; with good coaching ought to turn out a really good batsman ; excellent field, especially in the slips ; has bowled successfully, but is inclined to pitch his balls somewhat too short . (Has left .)

P . F . LORD

H . MCCLELLAN (7) has a very neat style of batting, keeping the ball well down, but lacks hitting power . Occasionally delivers a very awkward ball . Somewhat lazy in the field.

J . L. NOBLE (9), uncertain batsman, can hit hard, but gets dreadfully stuck up when trying to playing a defensive game . Rather slow in the field . (Has left .)

W . HoLmES (13) hits hard and clean, but is somewhat lacking in defence . First rate point, where he has done excellent things this season . (Has left .)

IV. G. WVILSON (17), a painstaking cricketer, much improved in batting and fielding, has a strong defence, especially on the leg side, where he makes most of his runs . Has made the largest individual score in the eleven this season. (Has left .)

J . A . DUNKERLV (8) hits hard, and in good form, but lacks defence ; if he could obtain that, would be a useful batsman . Has hardly come up to expectation as a bowler . Good field near the wicket.

T . H . LITTLE (6) has a happy-go-lucky style of batting, sometimes gets a good hit, but will never do much until he learns to play with a straighter bat, and make more of his height . Has brought off one or two excellent catches in the deep field . (Has left .)

H . BOTTERILL (8) generally brings off a good hit or two, but seldom remains in long, owing to playing and hitting with a cross bat . Good catch anywhere in the deep field . (Has left.)

E . PROCTER (8), a young and promising cricketer, cuts very neatly, plays well over the ball . Active field near the wicket.

In bowling Rhodes took 64 wickets at an average of 73, Lord 6r at an average of 73 .

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NOTES

LIST

AND

ITEMS.

OF MATCHES PLAYED.

SCHOOL SCORE .

OPPONENTS .

OPPONENTS ' SCORE.

RESULT .

1st innings . 2nd in'gs . 1st innings . 2nd innings.

St . John's College, York .

North Riding Asylum .

Mr . J . Walker's Eleven .

Yorkshire Gentlemen .

Leeds Grammar School Durham Grammar School Mr . J . Walker's Eleven .

North Riding Asylum .

York .. .. . .

Old Boys . . ..

Yorkshire Gentlemen .

Durham School . . .

York .. .. .

Ebor Rovers ..

. . . .' . . . . . . . .

Won 81 Won 123 Drawn 229 Drawn 232 Won 130 Won 140 Lost 42 Won 116 Drawn 62 for 3 wks Won 1S6 Drawn 85 for 8 wks Lost 42 Won 123 for S was Won 89

.. .. .. ..

40 92 52 for 4 wks 63 for 2 wks

. .

.. ..

Go .. ..

40

14 98 54 1 49 152 194

..

77 41 33 for 4 wks .

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NOTES AND ITEMS. E . T . G . WILSON passed the final law examination held in June last, taking 2nd class honours.

THE

REV. CANON ELwYN, Master of the Charterhouse, has been elected as treasurer of the Clergy Orphan Corporation.

The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Lorretonian " (2), " The Leodensian," " The Alleynian," " Ulula " (2), " The Sutton Valence ."